Slumber Party

This cute girl

+ this cute girl

+ one fun aunt

=one great sleepover!

Since Richard had a guy's night with his brothers, I had two of our nieces over for a sleepover. After a few hours at the park, lots of pizza and two bags of popcorn, as well as The Sandlot to keep us entertained- we ended up having a ton of fun! We need to do this kind of stuff more often :) Anybody need babysitters for a night?

SOLD!

I am completely sold- I want to move to Mesa! This is my experience with Mesa so far after traveling there this last weekend-

We were greeted by the best people in AZ,

And presented with a huge, comfy bed,

And taken to a baseball game,

And ate lots of good food

And saw an orange grove (and bought some delicious oranges!)

And given a tour of the Mesa Temple

And got some new shades and a few new shirts

And saw some great sights

And had a lot of good "late" night chats (Late meaning like 11:30...ha ha)

And had a wonderful, incredible, amazing weekend away in Mesa!! Thanks Holly and Chase for the best weekend getaway ever! After all, just like Chase kept telling us, "everything's a little better in Arizona"!!

Ladies Night

Saturday night I had a small roommate reunion with a few of the girls I used to live with. We met up at Olive Garden and chowed down on some delicious food (as you can see, there's not much food left!) and then came back to our house and talked forever! We've changed so much- one of us is married, one of us is pregnant (not me!), one of us is now super rich, one of us broke her back being a little too daring, and one of us moved away and is starting new adventures- but we all still have a ton of fun together. Luckily Richard was also able to go out with the boys so he didn't have to listen to all the giggles and chatting. After catching up on what is going on in our lives now, we spent most of the time reminiscing about the fun things we used to do. And we ESPECIALLY laughed super hard over Rachel stories (our other hilarious roommate). That girl kills me :) It was a BLAST and I'm so glad I got to see them again!

Blogged Out

Is it possible that I have already run out of funny, clever, insightful, or just random things to blog about? I used to love blogging so much (especially when I had time to do it at work!). I used to even take pictures specifically for posting on my blog. I still love looking at all the other blogs I follow but most of the time have no desire to add to mine! Mostly because I don't know what I can add. There are only so many posts you would want to read about Richard and I... So I apologize to anyone who still attempts to read my blog. However we are going to AZ next week so I'll have something exciting to report when we get back!

Smooth Talkers

If any of you have been watching/ reading the news, I'm sure you've heard about the nine year old who wrote a book called How To Talk To Girls. I guess some of his tips have been rubbing off on the younger generation who think they know everything about girls now :) Tonight Richard and I went swimming at the Rec Center where we got free passes from his work (which has been awesome!). A kid who was about ten walked past me on his way to the diving board. After he passed, he turned around and said to me, "You're pretty!" It caught me off guard and I just said, "ummm thanks?" and he walked away. I was trying REALLY hard not to laugh! Needless to say, even a compliment from a ten year old made me feel pretty good :) However, later Richard and I started swimming laps and I passed that kid a second time and once again he looked at me and said, "you're pretty!". Only this time, instead of being flattered I began to be a little creeped out by this confident little Don Juan! I thought Richard would step up and tell the little guy to back off but he didn't hear his "original" one-liners either time! Next time we go to the pool, he'll have to watch my back more closely!

V-Day Fun

Valentine's Day this year was a whole lot less romantic but a whole lot more fun than it probably is for most (although I did get very beautiful roses and my favorite chocolates!). And we prefer it that way :) Richard knows that I have always wanted to go snow shoeing so he decided it would be perfect to spend Valentine's Day snow shoeing up the canyon. It was snowing which made it colder and wetter but it was still a blast! I could not have asked for a more fun way to spend Valentine's Day with the best man in the whole world. Here are some pics of our fun adventure.

Trying to show off the snow shoes

Naughty Richard


We actually found someone else as crazy as we were out in the snow to take our picture

That night, he took me to my favorite restaurant (Ruby River, they have amazing steak!) and then we watched the movie I gave him, The Dark Knight (a very romantic movie...). It wasn't what some would call a good Valentine's Day but it was perfect for us!

Books anyone?

Since I have a lot more time to read after finishing school, I am in need of some good books to read. I've already been disappointed by a book that I thought was going to be good and ended up being dirty (I lost all respect for Dan Brown!) and would really like to get references instead of just picking a random book of the shelf. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!